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A MAGNIFICENT TWO-FOLD SHIBAYAMA LACQUER TABLE SCREEN
Meiji Period (late 19th century)
Inlaid with ivory, mother-of-pearl and various semi-precious stones and metals, the left panel depicting two craftsmen looking at a beautiful woman passing by on the right panel. The remains of the panels are elaborately decorated with various flower arrangements, and set within an ivory frame with silver fittings. The reverse is decorated in togidashi-e lacquer with quails among autumn plants on a roironuri background.
For a very similar example, see Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley, 'The Dragon King of the Sea: Japanese Decorative Art of the Meiji Period from the John R. Young Collection' (Oxford, 1991).
15 x 13 in. (38 x 16.5 cm.)
Provenance: Private Collection in Colorado, active from the 1960's to the late 1980's
Condition: Overall good with some minor damage, loss and wear as can be expected.
Ref. 705598
SOLD
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